Insect destroyer



D. D. SMITH.

INSECT-DESTROYER.

APPLICATION FILED APRJG, 1920.

Patented Oct. 31, 1922.

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INSECT DESTROYER.

APPLICATION FILED Arms. 1920.

Patented Oct. 31, 1922 3 SHEETS-SHEET 2.

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INSECT DESTROYER.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 6, 1920.

Patented Oct. 31, 1922.

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[TE "I STTE'S DANIEL 1). SMITH, or VALDOSTA, GEORGIA.

INSECT DESTROYER.

Application filed April 6,

'To all whom it may concern:

Be it known .that I, DANIEL Dr SMITH, a citizen of the United States, residing at Valdosta, in the county of Lowndes, State of Georgia, have invented a new and useful InsectDestroyer; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art'to which-it appertains to make and use the same. i

. The invention relates to insect destroyers and powder distributersand has for its object to-provide a device of this character particularly adapted for use in connection with boll-weevil destroyers and so constructed that it maybe detached therefrom and used in connection with various types of plow beams so that plants may be dusted with powder, or if sodesi'red fertilizer may be distributed from receptacles, which receptacles are intermittently vibrated by a ground engaging element.

- A further ob'ect is to provide a powder distributing attachment particularly adapted for use in connection with the insect destroyer shown in my Patent No. 1,302,095 issued April 29,1919, and particularly to providezanuprightrod which may be easily and quickly attached to a plow beam, said rod having an adjustable transverse .rod mounted thereon, to thee'nds of which transverse rod, screen'containers are adjustably carried with their screened portions downwardly disposed, and to-vibrate the upright rod by a hammer .pivoted to thep'low beam and havingv its lower end disposed so that it will be engaged by pins of a ground engaging wheel carried-by the plow-beam, said hammer. being forced into engagement with the uprightrod by a spring.

disposed arms vertically adjustable on the upright rod and disposed below the containers for preventing the taller plants from engaging the .under faces of thecontainers, said transversely disposed irod also forming means for bending the plants over sothat 1 the powder will 1 be sprinkled uponfthe plants adjacent their lower. ends.

' With the above and other obj ects in view the invention resides the combination and arrangement of; parts as hereinafter 1 set forth, shown in the drawings, described and .ersarevlbrated. The containers 7 have up claimed, 'itbeing understood that changes 1920. Serial No. 371,673.

may be made within the scope of what is claimed without departing from the spirit of the invention.

In the drawings i Figure 1 is a perspective view of a weevil destroyer showing the powder duster and fertilizer distributer attached thereto.

Flgure 2 is a sectional view through the plow beam showing the container. supporter in front elevation and parts being broken away to show thetripping mechanism for the hammer.

. Figure 3 is an enlarged side elevation of the hammer tripping'mechanism and adjacent structure. I

Figure 4 is a sectional view through the ground engaging wheel.

Figure 5 is a sectional view through one of'the powder containers :taken on line 55 of Figure 2. Figure 6' is a bottom plan View of one of the powder containers showing the screened opening. 1' i V Figure 7 isaperspective view of. the hammer member. 3

Referring to the drawings, the numeral 1 designates a boll weevil destroyer of the type wherein rollers 2 are carried by a frame 3, which frame supports burners t which project flames onto the rollers so that they will be heated to such an extent that as they roll' over the ground between rows of plants .they will kill .weevils and'th eir eggs, also other insects which may be .onthe ground.

Fuel issupplied to the burners a from a fuel tank 5 carried the frame 3.. The frame 3 has secured thereto a. beam 6, which beam is substantially thesame as the-beam of ,a

plow and is provided at its forward end.

, During the boll weevil killing operation the plants are. sprinkled with an insecticide, preferably a powder from containers 7. The

containers] are provided, with .filling openings Son their upper sides and with screened openings 9 on their underside. The mesh work of the .openingsy9 is ofsuch a mesh that normally the powdermwithin the .con-

tainers-will notpass through the mesh, but

of such a mesh that the powder will be caused to-pass through the mesh when the conta-in sleeves have connected thereto sleeves 12' which are adjustably secured on the transversely disposed arms 13 carried by atvertlcally adjustable sleeve 14 The sleeve 14 may be adjusted upwardly and downwardly on the vertical supporting rod 15 so that the containers may be adjusted for different heights of plants. By providing the vertically adjustable rods 10, it, will also be seen that the adjustments may be made for various heights of plants adjusting the rods 10 in the sleeves .The supporting rod 15 has secured to i'ts lower end a 'JIate 16, which plate ,is adapted to engage the upper face ofzthe beam 6. and to be secured to saidbeain by means (Sf-bolts 17 which pass through the plate 15 and through the ends of a plate 18 eagag'ifig, the under face of the beam 6'; It will be noted so securing the supporting rod 15 to" the-beam 6 that'it will not be necessary to drill the beam therefore it will be seen that the supporting rod 15 may be quickly" and easily applied'to the beam of a plow or cultivator.

Secured to the sides ofthebeam 6 by means of bolts 19 are downwardly extending brackets 20, which brackets have rotatably mounted in bearings thereof a ground en'- gaging wheel 21'; which is adapted to engage the ground and. be c aused'to rotate as the destroyer as a whole moves forwardly. The wheel 21--is fernied from a, p 1r of spacedplates 22 between whichthe" wooden disc: 23 is disposed. .Theperiphei al edges of the discs 22 being provided with the inwa'rdly extending flanges 24 which engage the rabbets'in' the wooden disc 28, there be ing a metallic tread 25 which may'bewelded or otherwise secured to the flanges 24- of th'e plates 22. Extending through the wheel 21 are pins 26, the ends of which project beyond the faces of the wheel so that as the wheel revolves the pins'26 will engage the arms 27 of a hammer 28, said arms being formed a bifurcation '29 in the lower end at the hammer 2s and. as the'p'ins 2ccontin'u'e' forwardly the lower ends of the arms 27am also be f rces fei-wal aiy thetaby causing'the hammer 28th mevein the direction of the arrow a in its pivotal peint 30; As tiieha'm er moves in the ,direction of thear'row-a, coiled spring 31, which has one of its endsconnected to the hammer and its other end connected to a sup ttiag rod 15 is stretched. until the particularpin' which isin engagement with the lewer ends of the arms 27 passes out of engagement withsaid arms so that the hammer will be released thereby allowing the coiled; spring 31 to force the hammer head 32 into engagement with the adjustable striker sleeve 33' carried by the supportingrod 15. v he succ'essive ercussive blows of thehaniiner head 32 will cause the supporting rod 15 to vibrate Adjustably secured on the supporting rod 15 so tha't it ma be noved and. adjusted vertically is a sleeve 34,.Which-sleeve has outwardly extending arms 35. Thela'r'm's are disposed below. the containers @7 and engage the plants a's the destroyer advances between the mws; bends the, plants. over after a certain amount of powder haslbeen deposited on" the same soth'a-t asthey slowly bend the powder will also be deposited on the plant adjacent their lo'w'er QIIClSJMTlIG outwardly extending arms also preventthe taller plants from coming: into engagement with the containers 7 and consequently interfering with the vibration of the @611- tainers to a certain exam p 7 From the above it will be seenwthat a powder distrib'uter is proyidedl which may be easily and qu'icklyHappl'iie'dteithe; beam or a plow a weviiaest ayea insuch'anian net-um the beam will/not lie-weakened; and by simply boring holesmin the be 'amforlthe bolts-laan'dfleO'. It W111: also e ten th t a plant .po'wcleringi devicelis provided. where..-

in th'epowder container will beLVibrate'd for. a I dislod'ging the powder from the containers during the" forward movement of; the destroyen or plow to which the device-.may be applied. It isto be understoodlthat any kind or powder maybe distributed also that a fluid may be used in the containers and-fertilizer if so desired. 7 l The invention having b'een'set forth what is claimed aslnew and useful is.;: v

'1. distributer comprising azhoriz'ontally disposed beam,l aground en'gagingwheel disposed below .said bear-11,; a vertically dispos d vibratory rod carried'by sa idlbeam forwardly s of: J the center .of...t he- -.wlfeel,

powder receiving receptacles car'riedzby said rOid, a hammer pivot d o :the-.bean'i; .oae arm of said hammer 7 extending: downwardly, members" carried hythdwheel cooperating with] the downwardly eiitending arm of .the

hammer," a" vertically movable... adjustable 1 collar carried by the vibrat'ory rod,,.the upper end of theihammer being provided with right angled portion in registfa- I tion with the co'llar, and a..c-oiled spring connected to the hammer and a)! the vertically disposed vibratoryrod. 1 ing a vertically disposed vibrat'eryfcrod, powder receiving receptacles carriedthereby, a substantially vertically disposed/hank mer pivoted adjacent the lower end of the s '2. A powder dusting machineaco nprisvertically disposedvibratory rod, a wheel disposed below the hammer,'means oarried by the wheel for cooperating with the lower end of the hammer and causing the same to oscillate, a vertically adjustable collar carried by the vibratory rod, the upper end of the hammer being provided with an angularly disposed member disposed adjacent the collar, and spring means for nor- 10 mally forcing the angularly disposed porname to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

DANIEL D. SMITH.

Witnesses:

'BENNIE W, S ITH, ABIAL WINN. 

